For Sale: Atom 2 (2005) Supercharged

[smokin]

The time has come to part with my most cherished possession. I have owned the car for over 8 years and have loved every minute of it. If you like being noticed, don’t mind people pointing at you and can tolerate the endless stream of questions when stationary, this is the car for you.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... ed/9141584

Braking
• Alcon Big Brake kit front & rear (in red) with handbrake
• Pro-cut skimmed Alcon discs for vibration-free, insanely good braking
• Remote brake bias adjuster
• New factory front brake lines (replaced due to banjo corrosion)
• Master cylinder internals refreshed

Drive Train & Transmission
• ACT Prolite ChromeMoly Lightweight (3.8kg) Flywheel
• Competition Clutch Stage 3 clutch
• Limited slip differential
• Uprated rear uprights with Porsche bearings
• Mike Satur’s Slick Shift Kit plus MTEC sports shifter springs enabling precise, fast changes
• Shifter cable ends replaced with spherical rod ends
• Carbon Fibre gear knob

Electrical
• Hondata Kpro 4 fitted to ECU providing onboard logging, usb interface to params & maps
• All LED lighting – smoked lens front/rear side/brake/indicators, Furore LED headlamps with main/dip beam and indicator halo, FIA rain light as fog plus custom matching light for reverse
• Self-cancelling indicators
• FIA Master Cut-Off switch
• Odyssey Extreme Racing 25 Battery - PC680 - 3 years old
• Battery low voltage alarm
• Lights-left-on buzzer
• OBD II interface installed
• Cockpit 12v auxiliary lighter socket and 12v DIN heated jacket socket
• 12v waterproof socket in nose to connect battery maintainer

Engine, Exhaust and Cooling
• Honda K20A 2.0 litre
• Jackson Racing factory supercharged
• TDi North remapped including part throttle maps
• Baffled Sump
• ZircoTek coated exhaust
• Cat Bypass Pipe
• Radiator replaced < 3,000 miles
• Iridium spark plugs
• Valve cover recoated
• Oil catch tank fitted to valve cover breather
• Magnetic drain plugs
• Engine enamel painted

Seat & Harnesses
• 3" Schroth Profi II-6 6 point harnesses with Flexi belt option
• Seat pads, head pads and magnets to hold harnesses clear when climbing in
• Seat recoated with PlastiDip

Suspension & Steering
• 5-way adjustable Bilstein dampers serviced and tested < 3,000 miles ago
• 2-part Eibach springs (with silicone rings to dampen clatter)
• Roller Bearing bell cranks
• Quick Release Steering Wheel (new from factory < 2,000 miles ago)
• Steering bushes replaced < 3,000 miles ago
• Rod ends replaced < 5,000 miles ago and lockwired
• Wishbones, push rods and tie rods recoated and protected with film

Wheels & Tyres
• 15” Rota lightweight (5.6kg) aluminium-alloy 5 spoke front wheels
• 16” Rota lightweight (7.5kg) aluminium-alloy 5 spoke rear wheels
• Yoko A048R tyres (soft front, medium rear)
• Set of 15”/16” Dymag wheels & tyres available separately

Bodywork & Fixings
• Candy Apple powder coated frame (chrome base with red tinted top)
• Paint Protection Film covering many vulnerable areas of frame, wishbones, rods
• 25% matt black powder coated bulkheads
• Stainless Fixings
• Front towing eye / wing mount kit and rear towing eye
• ¼ turn fixing conversion for engine cover, ProBolt stainless Dzus on other panels
• Passenger / clutch footrest powder coated and film protected
• CF effect vinyl covered panels
• Magazi mirrors

Fuelling
• Locking Fuel Cap
• Fuel lines replaced < 3,000 miles ago
• Fuel injectors cleaned and tested
• Fuel tank replaced by factory (bad batch of tanks in 2005)

Driver Aids
• Dash mounted shift light indicator, gear indicator and Tyre Pressure & Temp monitor
• TomTom Rider hardwired power cradle
• TomTom Rider included
• Custom full outdoor cover and custom outdoor cockpit cover

[autobackup]

Smokin

Having followed all the work you have done and the time lavished on this car I think that the money you are asking for it is very fair indeed!

[smokin]

Seems good value to me but then I'm biased

[smokin]

Update: Collected the car from the factory on Wednesday after its very thorough inspection. A small number of minor snags found and now fixed. I was quietly confident in my own workmanship, but now, so can others be. Inspection report with annotations below.

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From: Ariel Service <service@arielmotor.co.uk>
Sent: 10 December 2018 17:06
Subject: RE: Ariel Factory

Hi

We managed to get out in your Atom today (dry), all ok, just clutch pedal felt a little heavy than normal (guessing you have fitted an uprated unit). Correct

Points we have noted:

1. Very slight play in the n/s rack joint - Rack joint adjusted 1/8th of a turn (one position) to take up the very slight play and cotter pin reinstalled

2. Engine mounts have no lock washers installed - Lock washers now installed. It didn't have these fitted when I acquired it, maybe it's a new safeguard

3. Electric water pump hose is touching the fuel tank - Resolved when Item 4 was addressed

4. Coolant pipes not attached to the gear shift mechanism/bracket - Oversight on my part. Pipes now secured

5. Rear lamp bracket cracked (o/s/r) - Blasted, welded and re-powdercoated - invisible mend and looks like new

6. Rear hydraulic brake lines appear to have been modified, at the union end on the calliper Badly corroded rear unions and banjos previously replaced with stainless steel

7. Front lower damper bolts are in the wrong way around in the bell cranks - Personal preference, no safety implication. When installed with the nut on top (factory's way) the nose section needs to be removed in order to dismount the dampers. With the nut on the bottom the nose does not need to be removed but the bottom damper bolt needs to be removed before the top or you run the risk of the lower bolt foulding / marking the frame

8. Gear linkage cables routed differently to factory - Necessitated by the fitment of a Slick-Shift gear change kit and the addition of proper rod ends to cables

9. Chassis repaired at rear (engine bay), not by the factory - Two hairline cracks (not uncommon on an Atom 2 sadly) ground, welded and braced by GKN certified welder before the frame re-coat

10. Handbrake system not Ariel calipers - Hi-Spec SVA approved spot calipers are fitted in preference to the factory units as they are much lighter and cheaper. Car has successfully passed the MoT handbrake road test for last 5 years

So as you can see nothing too serious.

Regards

Steve
Service Department
Tel 01460 78817

[Anon]

Very nice example. I would say it's mint condition and considering it's a 2005 car, clearly been very well looked after.

Where did you get the carbon wrap done? Looks much better than painting it in my opinion.

Simon

[smokin]

Thanks Simon. Used a local firm here in Telford http://www.stripemaster.co.uk/ but any good wrapping firm should be able to tackle it - the key is using quality wrap. Mine has APA https://www.apaspa.com/en/ which, at the time, was about the best (it's 4 years old now but still looking good)

[smokin]

Car now sold

[GraemeW]

You getting another Steve ?

[smokin]

Not in the short to medium term Graeme. I may have to scratch the itch again in the future - time will tell

[Curves Junkie]

On the one hand, I'm happy for you that you were able to sell your Ariel.
On the other hand we lose a very competent and always helpful Ariel driver here.
Thanks for your support.

[smokin]

Thanks Curves. I'll still hang around in the forum (at least for a while). Having nothing Ariel in my life will be tough and I think talking about them may help. Interestingly, my Atom is heading to Munich so maybe not too far from you.